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• 17Sep 09

  Tales of the Abyss review is a go!

  Oh man, it's been nearly two months since the last post? Wow, I guess I really was gone for a while. Then I came back and university life resumed within about a day after that. Then Japanese homework came in. Then Scribblenauts came out AND OH GOD MY LIFE IS BEING EATEN UP.
  
  It's with that realization that I thought I'd take the time to quickly post another entry, if only to remind people that I am, actually, still alive and that I also wish to blatantly advertise my review of Tales of the Abyss that I just posted here on the site. I'm too mentally worn out to recap my thoughts here, but let's just say it's a pretty great game and that even if it is flawed, it may very well be worth your while to give it a whirl anyway. I hadn't played a Tales game since Symphonia, so while I still might be behind the times by going for Abyss instead of Vesparia, I'd say I still don't regret my decision to play the PlayStation 2.
  
  So yeah. Are you guys still alive, too? I'd hope so, but you can never be completely certain.

  • Posted Sep 17, 2009 5:22 pm GMT
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• 4Jul 09

  Devil Survivor Review Ahoy

  This entry is going to be pretty short and sweet because I'm pretty sapped when it comes to energy. My review for Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor, the franchise's first DS installment, has been posted here for all the Internet to absorb. As I pretty much imply in the review, Devil Survivor caught me by surprise. I had originally intended to outright ignore its release because the only good experiences I've usually had with Megami Tensei games were the recent Persona installments. But then I actually read GameSpot's review for it and after realizaing that it had things going for it that I could appreciate despite that history, I decided to give a shot. I'd say that, given the score I assigned it, you would be right in inferring that I thought the purchase was worthwhile.

  So yeah. Review. Yay.

  • Posted Jul 4, 2009 7:52 pm GMT
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• 25May 09

  Pepsiman's Guide to Surviving Imports

  Copying and pasting from one blog I wrote on to another is fun. Let's do it now.

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  I know that there are a lot of you today who already know plenty about the process of importing games. Really once you get down to it, it's a pretty simple process. But for those who are curious, yet uncertain about how to go about doing it, they might be interested in checking out myrecent guidefor this site. It's a blatant plug for my own work, yes, but I figure that since there are other guides on this site not devoted specifically to one game per se that my work might come in handy for someone here. Heck, I even discuss how to go about ordering games from Japanese stores directly, a topic which I don't think gets mentioned very much when the subject of imports is brought up.

  In writing the guide, I tried to cover as much as possible that I knew personally. There are some things I'd like to have a bit more fleshed out, which is why there's a help wanted section in there, but if you can think of anything else you think I need to talk about, you're free to tell me that. Really, just feedback in general is appreciated. I've done other guides in the past, but those were usually way more technical, so I wouldn't mind hearing whether I did okay for something more casual in comparison. Also ideas about which pages to attach the guide would be greatly appreciated. It's attached to Final Fantasy XIII at the moment simply because of the inevitable import wave to come with that, but I'd like to include more for visibility's sake. (Retrospective note: This is all referencing features on the Giant Bomb site specifically. I'm just too lazy to cut it out here.)Thanks in advance if you check it out and, as a reward, here's a picture of the Persona 4 cast if they somehow wound up in a Mother game. Yep.

  

  • Posted May 25, 2009 1:34 am GMT
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